Mark Rappaport's The Scenic Route (1978) on torrent. Interesting -- almost like a cross between a painting and a nineteenth-century novel. Cool deadpan stilted dialogue, Hal Hartley style, a love triangle, ornate wallpaper, lots of frame-within-a-frame visual tricks, and an amazing dance scene. Mustaches wild!
Wow, these still look amazing - colors, textures, composition, fashion! And very 1978 the whole thing.
ReplyDeletethis movie is great! i didn't notice all the purple while i was watching it.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to write "stills" instead of "still" - both true though. I'll watch the movie!
ReplyDeleteI remember watching this on PBS in NYC, a bit over my head as I was a kid
ReplyDeleteha, yeah it's a little arty
ReplyDeleteSquint and that's Will Oldham
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought! My wife said David Cross.
ReplyDeleteWatched it and liked it - thanks again for the tipp!
ReplyDeleteReally interesting combination of being narrative and formally unconventional. Tableaux vivants galore...
I also love the way sound/dialogue is treated, when you see people talk but hear the voiceover.
I also thought of Will Oldham, haha.
hey, how did your persian dance party go?
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun! I might post at least my set.
ReplyDeleteNot enough purple in general and Will Oldham lookalikes in three piece suits in the crowd though.
Please do post your set!
ReplyDeleteThe set is up now chez dispokino.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteDoes not contain Doctor Love though.